[spam-stopper] Python API

[David Lynch]

Here's a basically functional Python Akismet interface.

http://www.kemayo.com/python/akismet/akismet.py

It's nicely 0.1, and thus is light on the documentation.

If there are any problems, let me know.

David
http://www.ficwad.com/

On 11/30/05, Phillip Pearson <pp at myelin.co.nz> wrote:
> Aha, I missed that bit :-)
>
> So THAT'S why the ksd_* functions use $ksd_api_host while verify-key
> goes straight to rest.akismet.com.
>
> That answers the question/concern nicely.  I'm sure the key is
> checked.
>
> (Just goes to show: you shouldn't implement something just by looking
> at the source, because you'll miss the important bits... you've gotta
> snoop the HTTP connections to see what's REALLY going on!)
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 10:43:05AM +0000, rich boakes wrote:
> > Phillip Pearson wrote:
> >
> > >It seems odd, though, that comment-check, submit-spam and submit-ham
> > >don't seem to require the 'key' argument.
> >
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > In the latest version of Akismet (1.11),
> > line 72, which sets the akismet host, reads:
> >
> > $ksd_api_host = get('wordpress_api_key') .
> > '.rest.akismet.com';
> >
> > So they key is encoded into the connection
> > rather than being passed as a parameter, and is
> > therefore available for the server to check.
> >
> > Whether or not the key _is_ checked by the
> > server I'll have to leave to Matt to confirm.
> >
> > Rich
> > --
> > http://boakes.org/
> > http://dsg.port.ac.uk/~rjb/
> >
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